#A159EB#A159EB

#A159EB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.213 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A159EB
RGB	rgb(161, 89, 235)
HSL	hsl(270, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(270, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 62.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.64, 56.48, -62.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.64, 84.42, 311.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% 0.1173 -0.1779)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.213 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2623, 20.7200, 80.8282)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A159EB #A3EB59

analogous

#595AEB #A159EB #EA59EB

triadic

#A159EB #EBA159 #59EBA1

tetradic

#A159EB #EB595A #A3EB59 #59EBEA

square

#A159EB #EB595A #A3EB59 #59EBEA

split-complementary

#A159EB #EBEA59 #5AEB59

monochromatic

#6416B4 #8222E4 #A159EB #C090F2 #DFC6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#A159EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#A159EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A159EB

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A159EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A159EB	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E7DE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93789A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a159eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 89, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.213 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18cf2',
    500: '#a159eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a159eb;
$custom-light: #c18cf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a159eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.589,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61614,
    "c": 0.21305,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A159EB

secondary

#D0EAB6

accent

#DB0B74

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A159EB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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